Combined label and premium-coupon.



PATENTED MAR. 6, 1906.

H. B. DUANE.

COMBINED LABEL AND PREMIUM COUPON.

APPL IOATION FILED APR.7|1905.

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UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE. ,HARRY B. DUANE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINED LABEL AND PREMIUM-COUPON.-

Be it known that I, HARRY B. DUANE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Label and Premium- Coupon, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to combined labels and premium-coupons forpackages, said labels and premium coupons being so constructed andarranged that the latter cannot be tampered with until thepackages'reach the consumer.

Recently it has become a general practice among manufacturers ofmanygoods, particularly in the food line, to issue with each package acoupon, a certain number of said "coupons being redeemable for apremium;

These coupons have generally been attached to the exterior of thepackage in such a manner that they may be easily tampered with andoftentimes never reach the consumer, or, in other words, the packagepurchased will be found to be minus one elementof its intrinsic valuei.e. the premium-coupon. To prevent this and to insure that each purchaserof a package put up by. a manufac-. turer giving premium-couplons shallreceive the premium issued by suc manufacturer is readily .understood byreference to the de-' scription of the drawings and to the claims to behereinafter given.

Of the drawings, Figure'l represents an elevation of a package embodyingthe features of this invention. Fig. 2 represents a horizontal section,and 3 represents a rear elevation, of the label for said ackage.

Similar characters designate 'ke parts throughout the several figures ofthe drawn the drawings, 10 represents an ordinary label to be applied toa can 11 orother similar package. The label 10 is provided-with anopening 12 of any suitable shape and size, and to the rear face of saidlabel is secured a premium-coupon 13 of a'different color than the colorofthe label, so that said coupon will be conspicuous through the opening12 in said label. The premiumcoupon may-be provided with any suitablelettering to dis- I Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed April 7, 1905. Serial No. 254.402.

purpose, with the consequent loss 0 claim the object of the presentinvention; and it consists in certain novel features of construc'-Patented March 6, 1906.

tinguish its nature. The label thus prepared is applied to the can,carton, or other package in any well-known manner, the edges 14 thereofabutting the lip 15 of the ends of the can, carton, or other package, sothat access beneath said label is prevented. It is obvious that when alabel is constructed in the manner described and applied to a package itwould be impossible to remove the coupon without destroying a portion ofthe label and is evident that the same object could be readily obtainedwithout so doing by simply holding the coupon in the proper positionuntil thelabel is applied to the can, carton, or other packa e, when itwould be prevented by contact t erewith from displacement;

These coupons may be used in connection with the. labels of packages ofany size or shape and can be used on labels already printed, thusdispensing with the necessityof printing new special labels for thisparticular all of the abels in stock.

Having thus described my invention} I 1. The combination with a labelhaving an opening therein, of a premium coupon held in position by saidlab'eland exposed to view through said openin 7 2. The combination alabel having an opening therein, of a remium'- coupon secured to therear of said label and exposed to view through said opening.

' 3. The combination of a package, a label therefor, a premium-couponinterposed be-v tween said package and label, the label being providedwith means for exposing said coupon to view through said label. a 4. Thecombination of a package, a labe therefor, a premium-coupon ofcontrastin color inter osed between said package an label, the abelbeing provided with means for ex osing said coupon to view through saidla el.

5. The combination with a label having an opening therein, of apremium-coupon of contrasting color secured to the rear of said labeland exposed to view through said open- 6. The combination of a packa eprovided Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, with shoulders at eitherend, a la e1 therefor this 5th day of April, 1905.

extending from oneshoulder to the other and h provided with an openingtherein, and a HARRY DUANE 5 premium-coupon interposed between said 1&Witnesses: I

bel and package and exposed to view through EDNA C. CLEVELAND, v

said 0 enin WALTER E. LOMBARD' P g i t

